--- title: Yo, so Fionn's aunts were basically whipping him round a tree with t… — Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fio… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, so Fionn's aunts were basically whipping him round a tree with thorn sticks, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1038-pg2892-part6/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fio…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1038-pg2892-part6/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr… Yo, so Fionn's aunts were basically whipping him round a tree with thorn sticks, right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aunts · **What happens:** whip · **To what, where:** Fionn This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1038-pg2892-part6/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t1:1 # text = Yo, so Fionn's aunts were basically whipping him round a tree with thorn sticks, right? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 4 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 basically basically ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 whipping whip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 round round ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 18 right right INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whip** | past · progressive | Fionn's aunts | Fionn | | | | round a tree with thorn sticks; basically *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent he=Material | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah mate, he had to run from the switch and then swap places ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t1:o1:1 # text = Yeah mate, he had to run from the switch and then swap places 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 switch switch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 swap swap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | mate | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | mate *not said here* | | | the switch | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from switch=Trajectory | | 3 | **swap** | infinitive | mate *not said here* | places | | | then | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah bruv, he just stood there and got whacked by the switch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t1:o2:1 # text = Nah bruv, he just stood there and got whacked by the switch 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 whacked whack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 switch switch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | he | bruv | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **whack** | past · passive | the switch | | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah mate, he ran ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah mate, he ran 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | he | mate | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, not really mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t1:o4:1 # text = Nah, not really mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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